Salisbury is a town located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Previously a village for 57 years from 1966 to 2023, in January 2023 Salisbury was amalgamated with parts of four local service districts (including the rural community of River Glade) to become a new town with the same name.
History
Salisbury first became a permanent settlement when settlers from Yorkshire, England, settled there in 1774 (History, Village of Salisbury Website).
It grew quickly as a fox farming community, a special mutation of fox with grey/white fur, which was imported, was commonly bred in the many fox farms in Salisbury. This is where the saying "Home of the Silver Fox" comes from. While no fox farms are known to operate locally some wild foxes now share these genes.
Geography Salisbury is situated on the north bank of the Petitcodiac River, approximately west of Moncton / Riverview, and east of Petitcodiac.
Services The town has elementary, middle, and high schools and an outdoor swimming pool. Several family-owned shops and churches serve the surrounding area. There is also a Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, 580 A/M Hugh Campbell Squadron.
Salisbury is a local service centre for several farming communities in the Petitcodiac River AKA Three Rivers, New Brunswick area. The town and many surrounding communities are served by Ambulance New Brunswick, Salisbury Fire & Rescue.
One of the first acts of the new council was to approve construction of a new fire hall.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, at this time the Village of Salisbury had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census Census Population Change (%) 2016 2,284 3.4% 2011 2,208 8.4% 2006 2,036 4.2% 2001 1,954 3.8% 1996 1,878 4.0% 1991 1,805 3.5% 1986 1,742 4.2% 1981 1,672 N/A
Income (2015) Income type By CAD Median total income per capita $29,536 Median Household Income $58,478 Median Family Income $69,461
Mother tongue (2016) Language Population Pct (%) English 2,095 92.5% French 95 4.2% Other languages 55 2.4% English and French 20 0.9% According to the 2022 Election Results a total of 327 citizens voted in the last Municipal election for the region. PositionOfficial RepresentativeVotes ReceivedTotal VotersMayorRobert CAMPBELL0Accl.Councillor at LargeJason GALLANT0Accl.Ward 1John Wiebe DYKSTRA85181Ward 2Phyllis BANNISTER0Accl.Ward 3 (Former Village)Sarah COLWELL, Nathan O'BLENIS, & Stephanie THORNE0Accl. X 3Ward 4Joseph (Joe) D'ETTORE94146
Education JMA Armstrong High School (9–12) Salisbury Middle School (5–8) Salisbury Elementary School (K–4)
Notable people
Hugh Campbell, former Canadian air marshal. Austin Claude Taylor, farmer, merchant and political figure. Claude Taylor, former Air Canada President Stacy Wilson, former women's hockey player.
Bordering communities
Boundary Creek, New Brunswick Gallagher Ridge, New Brunswick Price, New Brunswick Lewis Mountain, New Brunswick Moncton, New Brunswick Second North River, New Brunswick Kay Settlement Upper Coverdale Three Rivers, New Brunswick Middlesex, New Brunswick
See also Greater Moncton List of communities in New Brunswick
References
External links
Salisbury Official Website